J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours

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J.M.W. Turner > 1802-18 Academician and professor > Marine subjects c.1803-14 > Spithead Sketchbook > Artwork

Joseph Mallord William Turner Men-of-War at Anchor 1807

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Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Men-of-War at Anchor’ 1807
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Folio 10 Recto:
Men-of-War at Anchor 1807
D06527
Turner Bequest C 9
Pencil on off-white wove paper, 118 x 187 mm
Inscribed by John Ruskin in red ink ‘9’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘C 9’ bottom right
 
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
Presumably sketched in Portsmouth harbour, these ships may include prizes from the Danish fleet, seized by the British at Copenhagen; see Introduction to the sketchbook for the historical background.

David Blayney Brown
May 2006

How to cite

David Blayney Brown, ‘Men-of-War at Anchor 1807 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, May 2006, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, December 2012, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-men-of-war-at-anchor-r1139048, accessed 18 April 2024.